Baseball game



April 30, 1929. I JEWETT' 1,710,773

BASEBALL GAME Filed Feb. 5, 1928 ill simulated by one person usually played a simultaneously hoard having thereon movable members rep Patented Apr. 30, 1929.

UNITED STATES n nmunn GALE anwnrr, or BROOKLYN, NEW mm;

.BASEBALL earns.

Application filed February 3, 1928. Serial No. 251,531.

My invention relates to games which are similations of outdoor games such as for ball polo, soccer, lacrosse, hockey, or baseball or the like and played lndoors upon game boards. My invention is particularly adapted to a baseball game and will be described as such although it may be applied to any other game. i

In the usual baseball games tlieplay is upon a game board and the two s des are representmg the players or team in the field and another person representing the players at but, the tire alternating ior each inning. As the game 1s to compete against the other for the reason that the game boards are so constructed that the difficulties of the person batting are much greater than the otherteam or vice versa. It is the purpose of my mventlon, therefore, to provide a similated baseball game whichus dependent upon the skill of the player and in which the difficulties ofthe two teams are equalized to a great extent whereby thetwo persons or teams playing have more nearly equal possibilities. i i

To accomplish this I provide a plurality of playing boards one or more of which may be operated by each team each resenting the ball and the players. I lay one of: these boards out in the form of a baseball diamond and provide designations thereon such as a pocket or recess at each of the customary positions of the players of a baseball team. This board represents the players in the field and is to be used by the personor player representing that team. A second board is provided and has designations therei in such as recesses or pockets arranged simi- P V p.

the ball during its travel 1s arrested and relar to the bases of a baseball diamond. For the movable members representing the ball and the players I may use balls, such as steel balls. The person operating the first mentioned board moves the board so as to propel the steel ball thereon in a manner simulating the movements of an actual baseball. The player using the second board at the same time manipulates this board 1n such amanner as to propel a ball thereon 1n the manner of a runner traversing the bases of the diamond.

ball is rolled or propelled down a board by onepei'sonwvliile the other- My invention will be described withflmore particularity with jreference to the drawings in which Fig. .1 is a perspective of theboard anda ball thereomto he used by the person repre sentingthe teazn'in thefield and a Fig. 2, 1s EIJQTSPBCUVG View of a playing board. and a. ball thereon to be utilized by i the team at hat. a a a As shown in the drawing, I have found it'to be practicable to form my 'playind boards of flat squareboards 1 surroundedby araised molding 2. In the board to be utilized by the team in the fieldIform substantially semi-spherical depressions 3 arranged-in the formation of the positions of theplayers or,

ateantinthe field. .I alsoprovide a. do a pression 4 at approximately the positionof the home plate. I also cut awslighttrough 5 extending from the catc hers position" Where it is deepest, to a pointslightly .in front of the home plate. Another epression fi may he cutinto thesurface of thevplaying board alongsidethe catchersposition: to indicate a foul ball or an out pocket to catch a runner coming from third base to home. Upon'this boardl preferably use a small steel ball as a representation of the baseball. The second boardmanipulated the person representing the team at bat is similar to the first mentioned boardexcept that it has depressions 7 arranged therein in the formation of the basesof a baseball diamond.

"Alongside of; each'of these depressions are formed alsmall auxiliary depression 8 for reasons to be. later explained. Upon this board I preferably use a largersteel ball to represent a player running the bases; at

\Vhen playing the game the person repre- 1 senting the team in the field takes the lmard shown in Fig. 1 in hishands, places aiball in a the recess marked? and endeavors to-rnanipulate the boardhy tilting, jarring or shaking, to cause thehall toroll toward the de ression markedC o r catchersposition; If

tained in the depression representing wthe home plate HP itisregarded as ahit. The

person representing the team at the batand having the board shown in Fig. 2 in his hand.

places a steel ball inthe smallerdepression mediately upon callinghis hit he will en deavor to manipulate his. board to propel the the ball in this pocket before the other player gets the runner into the pocket representing first base it is an out or it the person play ing the runner gets to first base first he is safe. Should the small steel ball drop into the depression marked G by the player ma nipulati'n'g the board shown in Fig. 1, it would be a strike \VlltlGilS if the ball travels to the rear of the board. Without either tailing into depression HP or C, it a ball. Should the ball roll into the depression 8 itmay be considered a foul, a foul strike or a foulfly caught by one of the players and so considered an out or this depression may utilized as an out pocket to catch a runner coming from third base to home. Any rules may bemutually agreed upon which cause the game to simulate more closely the actual outdoor sport. For instance, a third personma be designated as an umpire to decidedoubtliul situations. Theperson representing the runner may call that he intends to steala base and having a man on one of the bases,

place the ballinthe slight recess adjacent thereto and proceed to manipulate the board to cause the ball to roll to the neat succeeding base The person using the other board then attempts to manipulate the board to cause the ball thereon to roll to the base on that board similar to the base which the runner is attempting to gain.

It is obvious that slight modifications may be made differing from. the boards as illustrated to adapt the boards to other games without departing from the spirit and scope of the-inventionas defined in theelaims ap- I have used the term ball pended hereto. game to..1.nclude any game in which there z'lreepposing sides and in which the object to manipulate any given vehicle or players or both in a prescribed manner.

I claim l. Ina similated baseball game, a pair of game boards one thereof having designations thereonrepresentingthe team in the field and one thereof having designations thereon representing the team at bat, movable members representing the baseball and the players adapted to be moved by gravity over said boards said boards being adapted to be used 1 substantially snnultaneously by the persons representing the opposing sides to cause said members tosimulate the action of a baseball game.

2.1m a similated baseball game, a pair of game boards one of which represents the team in the field and one of which represents the team at but, members thereon represent ing the baseball and the players movable by gravity, depressions in one board arranged in the order of players oil a team, depressions in the other-of said boards arranged in the order oi the bases, said depressions being adapted toarrestthe movements of said menu hers, saidboards being adapted to be used substantially simultaneously by the persons representing the opposing sides to cause'said members to simulate the play of a baseball game.

3. In a similated baseball game a pair of game boards one of which represents the team in the held and one of which represents the team at bat, members thereon representing the baseball and the players movable by gravity, depressions in one board arranged in the order of players of a team, depressions in the other of said boards arranged in the order of the bases, and aux liary depressions of lesser depth in said litt er board disposed adjacent said. latter depressions to afford starting positions, all of said depressions being of such depth to arrest the movements of said members, said boards being adapted to be used substantially shnultancously by the persons representing the opposing sides to cause said members to simulate the action oi a baseball game.

7 l. In a similated ball game, a plurality of game boards adapted to be simultaneously utilized by a plurality of persons represeuting the opposing sides to simulate a ball game, one of said boards having designations thereon arranged in the order of the stations to which the ball is to be manipulated, and another of said boards having designations thereon arranged in the order of the stations of the players and members representing the ball and the players movable over said boards.

5. Ina similated baseball game a. pair of game boards, movable members thereon representii'lg the baseball and the players, one of said boards representing the team in the lield and'having depressions therein to arrest the movement of said members, said depressions being arranged in the positions of the players of a team, the other of said boards representing the team at bat and having depressions therein representing the positions oi the ball in play, said boards being adapted to be used substantially simultaneously by the persons representing the pposing sides to cause said members to simulate the play of a baseball game. i

In Witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my signature.

EDMUND GALE JElVETT. 

